Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 03:03:18PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 05:42:30AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 06:55:39PM +, Adam Funk wrote: > > > It gives the information -- but not in a dumbed-down enough format for > > > me. For example, nowhe

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-25 Thread dan-martins
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 05:42:30AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 06:55:39PM +, Adam Funk wrote: > > It gives the information -- but not in a dumbed-down enough format for > > me. For example, nowhere on that page is the word "Xeon" mentioned, > > so if I bought a Xeon com

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-25 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have a wide range of choices. You can go pure 32 bit and install the > standard i386 Debian, you can go mixed and have a 64 bit kernel an 32 bit > user space or you can go pure 64 bit. I've never tried a mixed system but > apparently

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-25 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:20:59 + Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-02-23, Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> It gives the information -- but not in a dumbed-down enough format for > >> me. For example, nowhere on that page is the word "Xeon" mentioned, > >> so if I bo

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-24 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 06:55:39PM +, Adam Funk wrote: > It gives the information -- but not in a dumbed-down enough format for > me. For example, nowhere on that page is the word "Xeon" mentioned, > so if I bought a Xeon computer, for example, I wouldn't know from that > page alone to install

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-23 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-23, Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It gives the information -- but not in a dumbed-down enough format for >> me. For example, nowhere on that page is the word "Xeon" mentioned, >> so if I bought a Xeon computer, for example, I wouldn't know from that >> page alone to insta

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-23 Thread Justin Guerin
On Thursday 23 February 2006 11:55, Adam Funk wrote: > On 2006-02-23, Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there a table anywhere that lists processors by their common names > >> and tells which kernels will work on which ones? > > > > I hope the list on http://www.debian.org/ports/ giv

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-23 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-23, Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is there a table anywhere that lists processors by their common names >> and tells which kernels will work on which ones? > I hope the list on http://www.debian.org/ports/ gives you the information > you seek. If not, what is missing?

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-23 Thread Justin Guerin
On Monday 20 February 2006 03:10, Adam Funk wrote: > On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > Is there a table anywhere that lists processors by their common names > and tells which kernels will work on which ones? > > Thanks, > Adam I hope the list on http://www.debian.or

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-20 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On 2/20/06, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes. The Althon 64 fully supports i386 through some fancy on chip emulation > > that is as fast as a native 32 bit chip (I think all the 64 bit processors > > you mention do this but don'

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-20 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. The Althon 64 fully supports i386 through some fancy on chip emulation > that is as fast as a native 32 bit chip (I think all the 64 bit processors > you mention do this but don't quite me on that). So I could do that by booting a no

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-17 Thread Kelly Clowers
On 2/17/06, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 17 February 2006 14:42, Adam Funk wrote:> On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Having said that there is not really any advantage to running the 64 bit > > port as there isn't any software that makes use of the extra

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-17 Thread Graham Smith
On Friday 17 February 2006 14:42, Adam Funk wrote: > On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having said that there is not really any advantage to running the 64 bit > > port as there isn't any software that makes use of the extra features and > > the Althon 64 in 32 bit mode is

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-17 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having said that there is not really any advantage to running the 64 bit port > as there isn't any software that makes use of the extra features and the > Althon 64 in 32 bit mode is just as fast. Does that mean I can just install Debian

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-17 Thread Thomas Jollans
On Friday 17 February 2006 11:02, Adam Funk wrote: > I'm planning to buy a new home computer soon and am considering Xeon, > Athlon 64 and Opteron 64, but I'm not sure about the relevant Debian > architectures, ia64 and amd64. Which one applies to which of those > processors? > > I'm also concerne

Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.

2006-02-17 Thread Graham Smith
On Friday 17 February 2006 10:02, Adam Funk wrote: > I'm planning to buy a new home computer soon and am considering Xeon, > Athlon 64 and Opteron 64, but I'm not sure about the relevant Debian > architectures, ia64 and amd64. Which one applies to which of those > processors? > > I'm also concerne